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 Synapse Addresses Electricity Price Increases in Roundtable Presentation On May 19th, Bruce Biewald addressed the Restructuring Roundtable with a presentation titled “Electricity Price Increases: Causes, Effects, and Solutions." Bruce estimated that without electricity deregulation, the recent gas price increases (2002 -2006) would have added $3 billion to New England's annual aggregate electricity bill, and that with deregulation the cost increase amounts to $8 billion per year. [ Download Presentation ]
New Report: CO2 Costs in Electricity Resource Planning 
Download the latest publication on taking carbon costs into account
in resource planning. Climate
Change and Power: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Costs and Electricity Resource
Planning brings together the most recent data on congressional
initiatives, scientific studies, and regional programs to mitigate
greenhouse gasses and assesses what this all means for resource planning.Synapse’s 10-Year Anniversary Celebration Lights Up the Charles 
Synapse friends and family packed the Cambridge Boat Club on May 19th
to celebrate Synapse’s 10th anniversary. Clear Blue jazz band
provided a festive atmosphere on the warm spring night. Thank you
to everyone who came and joined us! |
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| Analysis
of Alternative and Complementary Technologies to Coal at Mohave Generating
Station Synapse teamed with Sargent & Lundy to evaluate a set of supply- and demand-side technologies to replace or complement power flowing to Southern California Edison (SCE) from the coal-fired Mohave Generating Station in southern Nevada. The consultant team reported to a group of stakeholders including SCE, consumer and environmental advocates, the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe. Technologies evaluated included IGCC with and without carbon capture and sequestration, wind, various solar technologies, and a unique option comprised of DSM procurement in nearby states coupled with a power purchase of "freed up" supply imported into California. Synapse was responsible for development and characterization of the DSM procurement option, as well as estimates of projected fuel prices, output profiles, emission costs, economics of carbon sequestration, various tribal issues, and employment impacts on and off the affected reservations. [ Download Report ] Synapse Assesses Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in Long Island Sound 
PHOTO BY BRIAN GARVEY Synapse was asked to evaluate alternatives to the Broadwater LNG import facility, proposed as a floating storage and regasification facility to be located in Long Island Sound.We concluded that the region does not have a pressing need for a new baseload resource to provide natural gas; that the region's energy needs for the next decade can readily be met through energy efficiency, implementation of existing renewable energy goals, expanded use of combined heat and power, and repowering of existing power plants. Finally, we found that there are other options for increasing gas supply to the region which would be far preferable to the Broadwater proposal. The most promising of these includes two LNG import facilities already under construction in Eastern Canada, together with the planned expansion of the Maritimes and Northeast pipeline from Eastern Canada into the Northeastern United States. [ Download Report ] Synapse Evaluates Alternatives to Coal-fired Generation in the Upper Midwest Synapse evaluated whether there are supply and demand-side alternatives to the proposed Big Stone II coal-fired generating facility that are technically feasible and economically cost-effective. Synapse also is investigating whether the applicants have included appropriate emissions control technologies in the design of the proposed facility and whether the applicants have appropriately reflected the potential for the regulation of greenhouse gases in the design of the proposed facility and in their analyses of the alternatives. [ Download Schlissel & Sommer Testimony and Exhibits - May 19th, 2006 ] |
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Rick Hornby Brings 30 Years of Expertise to Synapse Staff Rick Hornby joined Synapse as a Senior Consultant last month, bringing to the firm more than thirty years of expertise in the energy industry as a regulatory consultant, senior civil servant, and project engineer. His primary areas of focus have been planning, market structure, ratemaking and gas supply/fuel procurement. As a regulatory consultant in the natural gas and electric industries he has presented expert testimony and provided litigation support in approximately 100 proceedings in over thirty jurisdictions in the United States and Canada. Prior to joining Synapse in 2006, Mr. Hornby was a Principal with CRA International. View Rick’s entire bio on our website here. Rick can be reached by calling 617-661-3248 x243, or emailing him at rhornby@synapse-energy.com. |
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